Today on What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

[Rogerborg]

According to parliamentary questions, they have:

125 thousand L85A2s, 40 thousand L85A3s, 1620 L403A1s on order …. And a handful of Ares under tender 
 

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mod-discloses-uk-military-rifle-numbers/

Hmm, with something like 350,000 made in total, I wonder what the definition of "holds" is, and what happened to the rest.

Ah! I didn't imagine the imminent replacement of the L85, it's just that the "imminency" has been kicked down the road again.

 

[TheFull9]

They have it rough as well!  An RAF chap I used to know once had to stay in a 4 star hotel.

I've been there myself.. the horrors ?

 

[Tommikka]

what happened to the rest.

Dropped somewhere in the Brecon Beacons

 

[ButcherBill]

Driving home along the A720 I occasionally see squadies from 3 Rifles based at Dreghorn Barracks on a public path/training area at the base of the Pentlands, I bet if I parked up and went scouring with a metal detector I'd find a few 'souvenirs' of the L85 variety.